Simple Website Banner

Simple Website Banner has 2 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2022 and 2024; all 2 are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.6, and the most serious one scores 8.8 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 1 high.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), behind 1 of the records (50%). Other recurring categories include Cross-Site Scripting.

Every one of the 2 issues recorded for Simple Website Banner has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

2 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each. Simple Website Banner is installed on roughly 600 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.4.10.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
6.6/ 10
Patch Coverage100%
Open

0

Fixed

2

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 8.8CVE-2022-43469

Corona Virus (COVID-19) Banner & Live Data <= 1.7.0.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

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Vulnerability Records

2 records
Simple Website Banner banner
Latestv1.8.0.4

Simple Website Banner

Nick Tomkin

Author

Nick Tomkin

5.0(8)
100/100
Last Updated
2024-05-09 (2y ago)
Active Installs
600+
Downloads
55,030
Requires WP
5.1+
Requires PHP
7.4+
Tested up to
WP 6.4.10
Created
2020-03-18 (7y ago)

This is a very simple plugin with a sole purpose of allowing you to inform your visitors of an upcoming event, updated store hours, or other important message you want to display.

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